H04L 45/0377
For service chaining
Official title: for service chaining
H04L45/0377 (For service chaining) appears on 115 US grants and 151 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 115
- Published applications
- 151
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 311
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12 |
| 2018 | 6 | 12 |
| 2019 | 14 | 10 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10 |
| 2021 | 14 | 16 |
| 2022 | 11 | 14 |
| 2023 | 11 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 20 |
| 2025 | 17 | 16 |
| 2026 | 10 | 13 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods, network nodes and computer readable media for network node reselection25 Aug 2026US 12,720,371 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Secure identification of applications in communication network18 Aug 2026US 12,713,240 B2Nokia Technologies Oy
- Network service chains using sustainability11 Aug 2026US 12,706,836 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Apparatuses, methods and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for network access11 Aug 2026US 12,707,514 B2Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Switching control method and apparatus for service server, electronic device, and storage medium26 May 2026US 12,641,511 B2Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Encapsulation device, communication system, encapsulation method, and encapsulation program13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238592 A1NTT, Inc.
- Route Configuration Method and Apparatus, Device, Storage Medium, and Computer Program6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230429 A1Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Multi-tenanted service fabric through sdwan30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222335 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Data packet processing method and apparatus, and network device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189638 A1Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Task processing method and communication apparatus2 Jul 2026US 2026/0190064 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Service node originated service chains in a network environment75US 9,344,337 B2Cisco Technology, Inc. · 2016
- Service node originated service chains in a network environment73US 9,608,896 B2Cisco Technology, Inc. · 2017
- Method and system of service placement for service chaining45US 9,319,324 B2Telefonaktiebolaget'l M Ericsson (Publ) · 2016
- Packet handling during service virtualized computing instance migration36US 10,645,201 B2VMware, Inc. · 2020
- Highly available service chains for network services36US 9,929,945 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC · 2018